 Bertrand Russell Quotes 366 |
During the recent war, many British patriots had difficulty in approving of anti-Nazi Germans who desired the defeat of Hitler. Until the inauguration of the League of Nations, it was taken as axiomatic that a country's foreign policy should take account only of its own interests. Since that date, though the practice has remained unchanged, there has been some modification of the theory. When we sing the National Anthem, we no longer permit ourselves to proclaim with gusto the lines wishing ill to foreigners:
Frustrate their knavish tricks.
Confound their politics.
And make them fall.
But many of us still cherish the same sentiments in our hearts. Source: Bertrand Russell: Human Society in Ethics and Politics, (1954), chapter 5
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